Leadership
International Board of Directors
Victor Nichols
Board Chair
Director of Bank of Hawaii
Kairus Tarapore
Vice Chair
Retired Chief Human Resource Officer, Xylem Inc. and current Board Member with Succeed Smart Inc. and The Child Center of New York
Jonathan Polin
Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer of atomos wealth
Matt Lewis
Secretary & Legal Counsel
Partner, White & Case
Dr. Tom Cheung
Director
Deputy Chief and Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Medicine – Lakeridge Health
Joseph W.Y. Chong
Director
Regional Executive Vice President, Asia and Managing Director, The Peninsula Hong Kong
Mike Densmore
Director
Founder & CEO, Unbridled Consulting
Tasia Filippatos
Director
President, Consumer Products, Games and Publishing. The Walt Disney Company
Niv Garih
Director
Executive Board Member, Alarko Group Of Companies and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alarko Carrier Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş.
Dr. Kevin CH Lau
Director
Founding Executive Chairman, Trinity Medical Group Limited
Nina Maldonado
Director
CEO, Impact Communications
Derya Matras
Director
Vice President EMEA, Meta
Matthias Chika Mordi
Director
CEO, National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria and Chairman, United Capital PLC
Damian Thornton
Director
Managing Director, Piper Sandler
Senior Leadership Team
Luciano Manzo
Sylvia Hopkins Hanneman
Vice President
Events Strategy & Communications
Carly Galli
Technology & Innovation
Léna Quéromès
Finance & Administration
Fiona Kearney
Fundraising
Jenny Cook
Affiliate Development & Support
Medical Advisory Committee
Dr. Kevin Lau
Dr Douglas Scothorn
Dr Jeremy Lin
Dr Kai Ning Cheong
MBBS (HK), MRCPCH(UK), DTM&H (LSTM), FHKAM (Paed), FHKCPaed (Fellow in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases), Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital/Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Dr. Bethaney Kaye
DNP, Director of Medical Affairs, Make-A-Wish America.
Dr Marguerite A.W. Gorter-Stam
Surgeon, subsp. Oncology and pediatrics, (pediatric) palliative care specialist (HMS)
Joseph W.Y. Chong
Regional Executive Vice President, Asia and Managing Director, The Peninsula Hong Kong
Dr Vassilios Papadakis MD PhD
Head of the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Marianna V Vardinoyianni- ELPIDA Oncology Unit, Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital, Athens Greece
Dr Rasha Gamal
Director of Cairo University Specialized Pediatric Hospital – Abu Reesh Hospital
Dr Shahrukh K. Hashmi
Medical Director (Dean) of Research, SSMC / Mayo Clinic Abu Dhabi
Dr. Tom Cheung
Director
Deputy Chief and Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Medicine – Lakeridge Health
Kairus Tarapore
Vice Chair
Retired Chief Human Resource Officer, Xylem Inc. and current Board Member with Succeed Smart Inc. and The Child Center of New York
Dr Kazuaki Jindai
MD, DrPH, FACP
Infectious disease expert, Internal medicine physician and consultant